diff --git a/Manifest.toml b/Manifest.toml
index 21f4d42..28ace5e 100644
--- a/Manifest.toml
+++ b/Manifest.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-[[AutoHashEquals]]
-git-tree-sha1 = "45bb6705d93be619b81451bb2006b7ee5d4e4453"
-uuid = "15f4f7f2-30c1-5605-9d31-71845cf9641f"
-version = "0.2.0"
-
 [[Base64]]
 uuid = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index a02b10f..419914a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ authors = ["Chris de Graaf <chrisadegraaf@gmail.com>"]
 version = "0.4.1"
 
 [deps]
-AutoHashEquals = "15f4f7f2-30c1-5605-9d31-71845cf9641f"
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
 InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
 LibGit2 = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
diff --git a/REQUIRE b/REQUIRE
index e172632..c08c8c1 100644
--- a/REQUIRE
+++ b/REQUIRE
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 julia 0.7
-AutoHashEquals
 Mustache
 URIParser
diff --git a/src/PkgTemplates.jl b/src/PkgTemplates.jl
index aeaefef..d49547e 100644
--- a/src/PkgTemplates.jl
+++ b/src/PkgTemplates.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 module PkgTemplates
 
-using AutoHashEquals
 using Dates
 using InteractiveUtils
 using LibGit2
diff --git a/src/plugin.jl b/src/plugin.jl
index 775a247..46b02ed 100644
--- a/src/plugin.jl
+++ b/src/plugin.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Generic plugins are plugins that add any number of patterns to the generated pac
 
 # Example
 ```julia
-@auto_hash_equals struct MyPlugin <: GenericPlugin
+struct MyPlugin <: GenericPlugin
     gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
     src::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}
     dest::AbstractString
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ signature.
 
 # Example
 ```julia
-@auto_hash_equals struct MyPlugin <: CustomPlugin
+struct MyPlugin <: CustomPlugin
     gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
     lucky::Bool
 
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ A `Badge` contains the data necessary to generate a Markdown badge.
 * `image::AbstractString`: URL to the image to display.
 * `link::AbstractString`: URL to go to upon clicking the badge.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct Badge
-    hover::AbstractString
-    image::AbstractString
-    link::AbstractString
+struct Badge
+    hover::String
+    image::String
+    link::String
 end
 
 """
diff --git a/src/plugins/appveyor.jl b/src/plugins/appveyor.jl
index 857d188..7b42767 100644
--- a/src/plugins/appveyor.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/appveyor.jl
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README.
 * `config_file::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}=""`: Path to a custom `.appveyor.yml`.
   If `nothing` is supplied, no file will be generated.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct AppVeyor <: GenericPlugin
-    gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
-    src::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}
-    dest::AbstractString
+struct AppVeyor <: GenericPlugin
+    gitignore::Vector{String}
+    src::Union{String, Nothing}
+    dest::String
     badges::Vector{Badge}
     view::Dict{String, Any}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/codecov.jl b/src/plugins/codecov.jl
index 1c14726..7865c3d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/codecov.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/codecov.jl
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ to generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also updates
 * `config_file::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}=nothing`: Path to a custom `.codecov.yml`.
   If left unset, no file will be generated.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct Codecov <: GenericPlugin
-    gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
-    src::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}
-    dest::AbstractString
+struct Codecov <: GenericPlugin
+    gitignore::Vector{String}
+    src::Union{String, Nothing}
+    dest::String
     badges::Vector{Badge}
     view::Dict{String, Any}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coveralls.jl b/src/plugins/coveralls.jl
index bb6c3b7..8be6392 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coveralls.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/coveralls.jl
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ file to generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README. Also upd
 * `config_file::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}=nothing`: Path to a custom `.coveralls.yml`.
   If left unset, no file will be generated.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct Coveralls <: GenericPlugin
-    gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
-    src::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}
-    dest::AbstractString
+struct Coveralls <: GenericPlugin
+    gitignore::Vector{String}
+    src::Union{String, Nothing}
+    dest::String
     badges::Vector{Badge}
     view::Dict{String, Any}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/githubpages.jl b/src/plugins/githubpages.jl
index 75501a1..92002e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/githubpages.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/githubpages.jl
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ adds appropriate badges to the README, and updates the `.gitignore` accordingly.
     configuration (see
     [here](https://juliadocs.github.io/Documenter.jl/stable/man/hosting/#SSH-Deploy-Keys-1)).
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct GitHubPages <: Documenter
-    gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
-    assets::Vector{AbstractString}
+struct GitHubPages <: Documenter
+    gitignore::Vector{String}
+    assets::Vector{String}
 
     function GitHubPages(; assets::Vector{<:AbstractString}=String[])
         for file in assets
diff --git a/src/plugins/gitlabci.jl b/src/plugins/gitlabci.jl
index ca0331a..7f78095 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gitlabci.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/gitlabci.jl
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ generated repositories, and appropriate badge(s) to the README.
 * `coverage::Bool=true`: Whether or not GitLab CI's built-in code coverage analysis should
   be enabled.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct GitLabCI <: GenericPlugin
-    gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
-    src::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}
-    dest::AbstractString
+struct GitLabCI <: GenericPlugin
+    gitignore::Vector{String}
+    src::Union{String, Nothing}
+    dest::String
     badges::Vector{Badge}
     view::Dict{String, Any}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/travisci.jl b/src/plugins/travisci.jl
index 09ecb28..2d3eb72 100644
--- a/src/plugins/travisci.jl
+++ b/src/plugins/travisci.jl
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ generated repositories, and an appropriate badge to the README.
 * `config_file::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}=""`: Path to a custom `.travis.yml`.
   If `nothing` is supplied, no file will be generated.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct TravisCI <: GenericPlugin
-    gitignore::Vector{AbstractString}
-    src::Union{AbstractString, Nothing}
-    dest::AbstractString
+struct TravisCI <: GenericPlugin
+    gitignore::Vector{String}
+    src::Union{String, Nothing}
+    dest::String
     badges::Vector{Badge}
     view::Dict{String, Any}
 
diff --git a/src/template.jl b/src/template.jl
index 17feab1..558d3ee 100644
--- a/src/template.jl
+++ b/src/template.jl
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ create a template, you can use [`interactive_template`](@ref) instead.
 * `manifest::Bool=false`: Whether or not to commit the `Manifest.toml`.
 * `plugins::Vector{<:Plugin}=Plugin[]`: A list of `Plugin`s that the package will include.
 """
-@auto_hash_equals struct Template
-    user::AbstractString
-    host::AbstractString
-    license::AbstractString
-    authors::AbstractString
-    dir::AbstractString
+struct Template
+    user::String
+    host::String
+    license::String
+    authors::String
+    dir::String
     julia_version::VersionNumber
     ssh::Bool
     manifest::Bool
-    plugins::Dict{DataType, Plugin}
+    plugins::Dict{DataType, <:Plugin}
 
     function Template(;
         user::AbstractString="",
diff --git a/test/tests.jl b/test/tests.jl
index 3c1690c..fa66648 100644
--- a/test/tests.jl
+++ b/test/tests.jl
@@ -85,12 +85,9 @@ write(test_file, template_text)
         user=me,
         plugins = [GitHubPages(), TravisCI(), AppVeyor(), Codecov(), Coveralls()],
     )
-    @test Set(keys(t.plugins)) == Set(
+    @test Set(keys(t.plugins)) == Set(map(typeof, values(t.plugins))) == Set(
         [GitHubPages, TravisCI, AppVeyor, Codecov, Coveralls]
     )
-    @test Set(values(t.plugins)) == Set(
-        [GitHubPages(), TravisCI(), AppVeyor(), Codecov(), Coveralls()]
-    )
 
     # Duplicate plugins should warn.
     @test_logs (:warn, r"duplicates") match_mode=:any t = Template(;